Fish-line reel.



No. 736,880. PATII'I'ED AUG. 18, 1903. E. D. ROCKWELL.

FISH LINE REEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 18, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

LIBERTY BELL COMPANY, TION OF CONNECTICUT.

OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORA- ISH-LINE REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,880, dated August1,8, 1903.

l Application filed March 7, 1903.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD D. RoonwELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFish-Line Reels,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fish-line reels.

One of the main objects of the invention is the provision of meanswhereby the brake and click devices may be operative when the line isbeing pulled out, but will not be at'- fected when saidline is wound in.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means whereby thebrake and click devices may be controlled by a single knob.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an indicatingdevice upon the exterior of the reel, whereby the same or varyingdegrees of tension may with certainty be ap-` plied to the dragmechanism when desired.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in thedetailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a reelconstructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional'clutch element mounted upon the spindle thereof. Fig. 5 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 3 with the retaining-plate removed to more clearlyillustrate the parts comprising the click and drag mechanism, thespindle of the spool being indicated in section therein. Fig. 6 is anenlarged sectional view of said click and drag mechanism. Fig. 7 is aview of a modification hereinafter described, and Fig. Sis a sectionalview of the spindle ofthe spool and the clutch element mounted thereon.

Like numerals designate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 5 5 designate the end plates ofa fish-line reel, and 6 the rods commonly employed for fas- Serial No.146,773.

(No model.)

tening said plates together, said rods being headed at 7. Spun orotherwise loosely secured upon end plate 5 is a lockingplate 8, havingkeyhole-slots 9 formed therein, whereby after the ends of said rods havebeen inserted in recesses 10 in end plate 5 said locking-'plate may beturned to cause the walls of the narrow portions of the keyhole-slots 9to engage the headed ends 7 of the rods and to thereby lock the elementsof the structure together, after which a latch 1l is'swung into theposition illustrated in Eig'. 2 to prevent accidental movement of thelocking-plate. The spindle 12 of the spool is recessed, as at 13, and insaid recess is a spring 14, bearing against a ball 15 to force said ballinto a recess 16, formed in a clutch 17, mounted for ,any desiredmanner, said dial carrying pins 19, entering perforations 2O of endplate 5 and bearing against balls 21, which in turn bear against afriction-ring 22, having its periphery beveled, as at 22', for a purposehereinafter described.

Mounted for rotation in a recess 23 of plate 5 is a toothed annulus 24,having its inner cir-- Acumferential wall beveled, as at 24', to conformto the beveled wall 22' of friction-ring 22, which it encircles.

\ Threaded upon a hollow stud 25, carried by the plate 5, is a knob 26,a flange 27 of which bears against the dial 18, as illustrated in Fig.6. A retaining-screw 2S secures said knob against accidentaldisplacement. Sprung upon the shank of knob 26 is a split ring 29,havinga pointer 30, coacting with dial 18, as will be hereinafterdescribed.

The toothed annulus 24 is secured against accidental displacement bymeans of a bowed ,retaining-plate 3l, secured to end plate 5 by IOOscrews 32 and bearing against said annulus, as best shown in Figs. 3 and6.

Pivoted at 33 to plate 5 is a click 34, which is kept in engagement withthe teeth of the annulus 24 by means of a spring 35, secured to saidclick at 36 and to plate 5 at 37.

Clutch-pins 38 and 39, carried by clutch 17 and friction-ring 22, servea purpose which will be set forth in the description of the operation ofthe device which now follows.

When a tish takes the hook and starts to run with the line, the spindle12 of the spool rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig.8 and through the action of the ball-ratchet therein illustrated causesthe clutch 17 to rotate in the same direction. Referring to Figs. 5 and6, it will be seen that the pins 38, carried by friction-ring 22,projectinto the path of pins 39, carlied by clutch 17, whereby saidfriction-ring is also caused to rotate with the clutch. When it isdesired to apply the click-and-d rag mechanism, the knob 26 is turned toforce the dial 1S toward plate 5. This action causes the pins 19 to bearagainst the balls 21 with sufficient force to hind the friction-ring 22to the toothed annulus 24 through their beveled lockingfaces,hereinbefore described. When this is done, it will be seen that thetoothed annulus is forced to rotate with the friction-ring, and anydesired resistance may be applied to said annulus by turning the knob 26to bind said annulus against the face of retainingplate 3]. When thespool is rotated to Wind in the line, the ball-ratchet (illustrated inFig. 8) Will permit the spindle 12 to rotate Without actuating theclutch 17 or the brake and click devices. After the line has been setthe pointer 30 of split ring 29 is moved independently of the knob 26 tozero, as indicated in Fig. 2, and when a iish has been landed and knob26 has been moved to apply Whatever drag may have been necessary inplaying the sh it is only necessary to turn knob 26 until the pointeragain indicates zero to insure having the same drag upon the line whenit is again set.

y In Fig. 7 the clutch-pins 38 are carried by the toothed annulus. Byvirtue of this construction it is not necessary to apply a drag to theannulus before the click will sound, for said annulus will be caused torotate Whenever the line is pulled out.

From the foregoing description it Will be seen that means have beenprovided for accomplishing the objects of the invention as hereinbeforeset forth in a simple and efficient manner, and while the elementsherein shown and described are well suited to accomplish the end soughtitis to be understood that other forms of clutches may be substitutedfor those shown and described, and changes may be made in the details ofthe indicating devices, if desired, without departure from theinvention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a fish-line reel,the combination, with a drag, of a knob controlling said drag, and anindicating-point mounted upon said knob and capable of movement withrelation thereto.

' 2. In a fish-line reel, the combination, with a drag, of a knobcontrolling said drag; an indicating-point mounted upon said knob andmovable with relation theret0,and a dial with which said point coacts.

3. In a fish-line reel, the combination, Vwith the reel-spindle, of aclutch carried upon said spindle; brake and click devices; aknobcontrolling both of said devices; and means for causing the clutch toautomatically engage and actuate said devices when the line is pulledout.

4. In a sh-line reel, the combination, with the reel-spindle, ofa clutchmounted upon said spindle, brake and click devices, a knob controllingsaid devices, an indicating device carried by said knob; and meanswhereby said clutch will actuate the brake and click devices when theline is pulled out, but

Will not aiect said devices when the line isV Wound in.

5. In a fish-line reel, the combination, with the reel-spindle, of brakeand click devices, a knob controlling both of said devices,a clutchloose upon said spindle, and adapted to engage said brake and clickdevices, and means for locking said clutch to the reel-spindle when theline is drawn ont, and for permit. ting said spindle to rotate free ofsaid clutch when said line is wound in. v

6. Ina fish-line reel, the combination, with the reel-spindle, of aclutch loosely mounted upon said spindle; brake and'click devicescontrolled by said clutch; means for locking said clutch to the spindlewhen the line is drawn out; manually-operated means also controllingsaid brake and click devices; and an indicating-point carried by saidmeans.

7. In a fish-line reel, the combination, with the reel-spindle, of aclutch actuated when the line is drawn out; brake and click devices; alocking-ring having a locking-face adapted to engage said brake andclick devices; a device controlling the movement of said locking-ring;and means for causing the clutch to engage said locking-ring.

8. In a sh-line reel, the combination, with the reel-spindle of a clutchactuated when the line is drawn out; brake and click devices; alocking-ring having a locking-face adapted to IOO IIO

engage said brake and click devices; aknob vice carried by the meanscontrolling the movement of the locking-ring.

10. In a fish-line reel, the combination, with the reel-spindle; of aclutch actuated when the line is drawn out; brake and click devices; alocking-ring having a locking-face adapted to engage said brake andclick devices; a device controlling the movement of said locking-ring;means for causing the clutch to actuate said locking-ring; a dial; andan indieating-point carried by the device controlling the movement ofthe locking-ring and coplannulus, a click in engagementwith saidannulus; alocking-ring; means for lockngsaid ring to the toothedannulus, and means for causingthe clutch to engage said locking-ring.

13. In a iish-line reel, the combination, With the reel-spindle, of aclutch actuated by said spindle when the line is drawn out; a toothedannulus; a click in engagement with said annul us; a locking-rin g;means for locking said ning to said annulus; means for causing theclutch to engage said locking-ring; a bowed plate; and means for bindingsaid annulus frictionally against said plate.

14. In a fish-line reel, the combination, with the reel-spindle; of aclutch actuated by said spindle when the line is drawn out; a toothedannulus; a click in engagement with said annulus; alocking-ring; meansfor locking said ring to said annulus; means for causing the clutch toengage said locking-ring; a bowed plate; means for binding said annulusfrictionally against said plate; and a device for indicating the degreeof movement of said means. Y p

15. In a iish-line reel, the combination, with the reel-spindle; ofaclutch actuated by said spindle when the line is drawn out, andremaining stationary when said line is Wound in; a toothed annulus; aclick in engagement with said annulus; a locking-ring; a knob forforcing said ring into locking engagement with said annulus; means forcausing said clutch to engage said locking-ring; a bowed plate; meansfor binding said annulus frictionally against said plate; a dial uponthe exterior of the reel; and an indicating-point carried by the knob toindicate the degree of movement thereof, upon said dial.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature Witnesses:

EosoN M. PEcK, HOWARD S. PEcK.

